Dirty 1: Horrific Opening Statements in Sean Combs Trial

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, Jordan, the mornings dirty on the thirty Man.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
I was watching yesterday the entertainment reports that were popping in.
Everything was on Didty trial, and then that Tory Lane
story was crazy too.

Speaker 3 (00:12):
We'll talk about that one. We're gonna focus on Ditty
here and we'll do both next hour. But that's all
I watched all day yesterday. That was on in my
house was the Didty trial. So yesterday was day one
of week two in Diddy's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial.
Last week was jury selection. Jury selection got heated right

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off the bat yesterday because it was not finalized yet. However,
they did end up choosing their twelve plus six alternates
right off the bat. The defense was accusing prosecutors of
racial bias within the jury, but the judge said new
and finalized the eight men four women who will decide

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the fate of Sean Didty Colmes. Once that was done,
the trial kicked off with some powerful opening stifle and
two key witnesses TMZ breaking it down.

Speaker 4 (01:03):
The prosecutors started with a bang, with a statement that
clearly they knew would get a lot of headlines, but
more importantly get the attention of the jury talking about details,
graphic details from the freakoffs. Did he hired escorts for
these freakoffs? And that it wasn't just sex, there were

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other acts that were going on. The one they said
that really got everyone's attention. They claimed that he hired
escorts on one occasion, hired an escort and forced him
to urinate on Cassie, and then that he forced not
only the escorts to do this, but Cassie is the

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way the government lays it out.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
So we talked about this in our morning meeting today.
So let's just be real here. This is shades of
r Kelly.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
Yeah, and Diddy's legal team did not shy away from
controversy here. They told the jury, yeah, he may have
been abusive in relationships, he did frequently have a temper
and lose control, but insisted that's not what he's being
charged with here. They said, domestic violence is not sex trafficking.
But prosecutors laid down a very dark story in their
opening statements that over two decades, Shawn Combs turned his

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empire into a criminal machine, trafficking, drugging and abusing women.
That's why that racketeering charge is a part of this,
they focused on the horrifying claims from Cassie Ventura and
another woman who remained anonymous. He was referred to only
as Jane, including some of these stories of these drug
fueled freak offs that would last anywhere from an hour

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to days, involving escorts and violent abuse. The jury watched
that video that we all saw of Shawn Combs beating
Cassie in a hotel hallway, footage captured by the hotel
staff members, one of whom testified yesterday that he was
offered a sack of money to shut his mouth about
what he saw. He refused. Now more explosive testimony is

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on deck today, including from Cassie herself. She is set
to take the stand this morning, an important now three
weeks away from delivering her third baby.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Tough, Yeah, that's tough.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
In other dirty today now Horn Reba McIntyre, Michael Buble,
and Snoop Dogg and to serve as coaches in season
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Speaker 2 (03:36):
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Speaker 3 (03:42):
Really entertaining.

Speaker 2 (03:43):
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Speaker 3 (03:51):
Just love her, helpful of her. And lastly, yesterday, Ticketmaster
rolled out it's new all in pricing initiative that means
you're gonnat you are going to now there we go.
See the full ticket price up front, including all of
those crazy service fees before you hit the checkout button.
So you know, sometimes you think you're paying like one

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hundred and fifty dollars for ticket, by the time you
get to check out, it's like two hundred and ninety dollars.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
In this morning, he cab history out of the final
cost you'll pay for online tickets to live concerts, hotels
and short term lodging like airbnbs. Former FTC chair Lena
Kahan talked about the rule when it was announced last year.
Whatever price you see is the price that you are
paying at the end. Ticketmaster are now including this pop

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up when buying tickets and third party ticket vendor stub
Hub showing a breakdown of ticket prices before checkout. Having
that upfront it doesn't feel Wiki feels just here's the price.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
You can make that decision right away.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
The new rule does not stop businesses from charging fees,
but it bans junk fees by requiring all pricing upfront
rather than tacking on extra costs like convenience fees or
resort fees when you check out online. The total price
also has to be displayed more prominently than any other costs.

Speaker 3 (05:10):
Welcomes through the errors too.

Speaker 1 (05:11):
The high ticket price is charged by ticketmaster and secondary
market sellers for Taylor Swift concerts sparked a big push
for Minnesota to pass its own law earlier this year,
banning junk fees across the country. The FTC says there's
more work to be done.

Speaker 3 (05:28):
This rule is a major step, but the FTC recognizes
that the switch pricing remains. This needed to happen as
there are a.

Speaker 2 (05:37):
Lot of people think that this law, instead of calling
the junk fee lot, should be called the tailor law
because they think that Taylor Swiss concert is what prompted
got people so upset.

Speaker 3 (05:46):
Is ma things I want to note here. This is
a big step. However, local taxes and delivery fees are
still going to only appear at techout, so there will
be some additional fees. And Ticketmaster now going to tell
you where you are in line when you log into
by tickets to an event giving, They're going to give
you real time updates on your like wait time. They're
going to let you know the ticket price ranges throughout

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that process, and also whether new event dates have been
added if you're still in the queue, which is really important.

Speaker 2 (06:12):
I feel like they'll cover their ass to a certain point.

Speaker 5 (06:14):
But yeah, exactly as we all do. Uh. Related but
not related, Speaking of tickets, big shout out to Beyonce,
you know, breaking history for all the women with our
big box office five shows, fifty five million dollars. Big
shoutouts to Queen Bee. They said that tickets weren't being sold.

Speaker 2 (06:33):
Huh.

Speaker 3 (06:35):
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